Modesty forbids what the law does not.
Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long one can be nobody's.
Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.
What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved
Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
It is not goodness to be better than the worst.